Pileated Woodpecker seen in Canmore
Pileated Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, adult male
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker male
Fish Creek Park on New Year's Day
Examining a cavity
Pileated Woodpecker at work
Handsome Pileated Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Nasal tufts
Pole dance
Posed with poise
Hairy Woodpecker
On the slant
OK, I'll pose
I'm a good looking male
A free handout
Here's looking at you...
Biggest of them all
In reverse
A hairy male
What's going on?
Flicker Beauty
The down of a Hairy
Out on a limb
Waste not, want not
Hide and seek
The poser
Can't you see I'm cold AND hungry?
Taking a look
Snack time
Greed
Sunny Flicker
Gentle creature
She's so cute
Serious business
Hairy Woodpecker
Gotta love those males
Like my colour?
Dot, dot, dot ....
Back view
Three-toed Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Flicker
Flicker for Flickr
Black (and white) beauty
Hairy balance
Basking in the sun
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
All gone
I know it's in there
A bit TOO close
More seeds, please
That's one deep, dark hole...
Downy on snow
Red-naped Sapsucker
Northern Flicker 2
Northern Flicker
Red, white and black on blue
Pileated Woodpecker
Woody Woodpecker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-naped Sapsucker
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Pileated Woodpecker making a cavity
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On 8 February 2015, I decided that I would join a group of friends for a morning birding walk in Fish Creek Park. I tend to miss most of the walks, so felt it was OK to go a second time this week. We started at Shannon Terrace, covering a good part of the area, and then the group started heading eastwards, towards Bebo Grove. At that point, my body was telling me that I had done enough walking, so I left my friends and made my way back to the parking lot. We had already seen a beautiful Pileated Woodpecker, which was perhaps the highlight of the walk. The light was not good as the Woodpecker was quite deep within the trees. I timed my return walk well, as I saw a pair of these spectacular birds out in the open. I'm guessing that the earlier bird was one of the two I saw when I was by myself. The male of this pair was in a nearby tree, doing what Woodpeckers do - making a cavity.
"The Pileated Woodpecker is one of the biggest, most striking forest birds on the continent. It’s nearly the size of a crow, black with bold white stripes down the neck and a flaming-red crest. Look (and listen) for Pileated Woodpeckers whacking at dead trees and fallen logs in search of their main prey, carpenter ants, leaving unique rectangular holes in the wood. The nest holes these birds make offer crucial shelter to many species including swifts, owls, ducks, bats, and pine martens." From AllAboutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/pileated_woodpecker/lifehistory
"The Pileated Woodpecker is one of the biggest, most striking forest birds on the continent. It’s nearly the size of a crow, black with bold white stripes down the neck and a flaming-red crest. Look (and listen) for Pileated Woodpeckers whacking at dead trees and fallen logs in search of their main prey, carpenter ants, leaving unique rectangular holes in the wood. The nest holes these birds make offer crucial shelter to many species including swifts, owls, ducks, bats, and pine martens." From AllAboutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/pileated_woodpecker/lifehistory
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